Mosquito and insect trap



G.c.cHERRY MOSQUITO AND INSECT TRAP May 29, 1928. 1,671,404

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INVENTOR Patented May 29, 1928.

UNITED s'rarss ra'ranrorrica.

GEORGE C. CHERRY, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

MOSQUITO AND INSECT TRAP.

Application filed August 4, 1927. Serial No; 210,593.

The invention relates to an improved trap for mosquitoes or other particularly to that type insects, and more of trap in which suspended from the ceiling of a room by a cord.

Fi 2 is a vertical sectional view of the Fig. 3 1s a bottom view ,and

Fig. #l is a sectional view on line 14 of Fig.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes an outer cone, in the top of which is provided a chamber which houses a motor 2, supported from the cone 1 by means of suitable brackets 11.

The motor 2 serves to drive a fan 3, of any suitable construction, and so mounted as to create suction through a narrowchannel t which is formed between light 7 for attracting the bugs or insects int-o range of the suction cre through channel 1.

ated by the fan 3 As the insects pass through the draft below the trap in the effort to reach the light, they are-forcibly drawn through the channel 4 and upwardly and inwardly into a screen cap 8 formed at the top of the trap.

The screen, of course,

permits an unobstructed draft for the fan, and at the same time effectually retains th e insects until such time as they are to be removed.

To provide for removal of the insects, the

stiff frame 9 of the cap may be hinged at 13 to the top of the outer cone, and may be tilted back, as shown in dotted lines, to permit removal of the insects.

is preferably provided to opening of the top "8,

Also, a catch 14 prevent undesired Where the trap is designed to be suspended from a ceiling or other elevated position, it may be provided with a handle 10 to which a suitable cord 15 is attached.

The motor 2 and light 7 maybe supplied with current through a cord 16 eading from any suitable source of power and passing through suitable insulation 17 within the wall of cone 1, a drop cord 18 passes from the motor 2 through the top of the inner cone 5 to the lamp 7. Where the device is employed outside, a suitable storage battery may be used as the source of current, or a small dynamo driven by a gas engine may be used.

The trap may be used for destroying various kinds of insects, as mosquitoes, candle bugs and other insects which are attracted by a light. For field use, the light is lowered to the position shown in dotted lines. If desired, the lamp 7 maybe dispensed with, for certain types of insects, for example, flies, and edible bait of some kind may be substituted. In any event, the at-. tracting means serves to bring the insect into range of the suction created by the fan, and they are thereby drawn into the trap and destroyed. Preferably the cones 1 and 5 converge toward their bottoms in order that the channel a may diminish in size from top to bottom, thereby creating a more effective draft at the lower portion.

Obviously the details of the device may be arious to suit particular needs without departing from the spirit of the invention, and the trap may be furnished in any desired sizes. I

What I claim is An insect trap comprising a pair of spaced cones one located within the other and a trap chamber at the upper portion of the outer cone, insect attracting means located within the inner cone, and a fan adjacent the upper portion of the outer cone and positioned between said trap chamber and said inner cone for creating a suction between adjacent surfaces of said cones whereby the insects are drawn into said trap chamber.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE G. CHERRY. 

